Engineering Manager - Platform bei DeepL

Meet DeepL

DeepL is a global communications platform powered by Language AI. Since 2017, we’ve been on a mission to break down language barriers. Our human-sounding translations and intelligent writing suggestions are designed with enterprise security in mind. Today, they enable over 100,000 businesses to transform communications, reach new markets, and improve productivity. And, empower millions of individuals worldwide to make sense of the world and express their ideas.

Our goal is to become the global leader in Language AI, building products that drive better communication, foster connections, and make a real-life impact. To achieve this, we need talented individuals like you to join our exciting journey. If you're ready to work with a dynamic team and build your career in the fast-moving AI space, DeepL is your next destination.

What sets us apart

What sets us apart is our blend of modern technology, competitive benefits, and an open, welcoming work culture that enables our people to thrive. When we share what it's like to work at DeepL, the reactions are overwhelmingly positive. This may be because of our products that have helped countless people worldwide or our shared mission to improve communication for individuals and businesses, bringing cultures closer together. What we know for sure is this: being part of DeepL means joining a team dedicated to innovation and employee well-being. Discover what our teams have to say about life at DeepL on LinkedIn, Instagram and our Blog.

Meet the team behind this journey

We're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead one of two co-operating platform teams within the same unit, responsible for our internal developer platform. This role will be leading the team who primarily focus on providing the Kubernetes and Ceph clusters to our product development teams.

This team works closely with our in-house Data Center Operations team, who manage the in-house hardware, and our primary cloud provider, AWS. The other team within the same business unit manages the software services such as Redis, Postgres, Kafka, Grafana, etc. Both teams share an on-call ownership of these areas, so collaboration and broad knowledge of these areas is valuable

Your responsibilities

The core purpose of the Engineering Manager role is to develop their engineering team to an autonomous, high performing stage and take responsibility for ensuring high quality service delivery:

• Delivery & Excellence: Collaborating with key stakeholders, representing what the platform currently can and will do, the team’s perspective on the feasibility, cost-effectiveness, scalability, and time-to-market aspects of new or existing services and products. Ensure timely delivery of new capabilities, maintain existing ones, and establish high engineering excellence metrics. Actively contribute to resolving technical issues and challenges by participating in tech reviews, system design discussions, and occasionally engaging in hands-on work to support team members. Support the team and participate in a humane on-call offering. Support and enable the team to effectively balance competing priorities between planned and unplanned work.

• People Leadership: Inspire, develop, recruit, and motivate a platform engineering team. Conduct regular 1:1s with team members, set individual development or improvement plans, and foster a healthy, non-retaliatory feedback culture within the team.

• Team Management: As a collaborative partner with a member of the Infrastructure Operations team, oversee the team’s strategy, quarterly goals, and business-technical metrics. Ensure the team's processes remain effective, actively participate in building and maintaining the technical roadmap, and take ownership of technical incident management. Dedicate time and resources to quality efforts, maintain a current knowledge base and documentation for the team's services and artifacts, and coordinate planning in collaboration with the Senior Engineering Manager and Craft Leads as needed.

• Manage growth: You derive satisfaction from navigating change and collaboratively discovering innovative solutions with your team and various stakeholders within a dynamic and evolving environment.

• Strategic Leadership: Co-develop and take ownership of the team's strategy, inline with broader objectives. Ensure and communicate the team's progress to stakeholders. Not directly involved in software delivery, the role necessitates a profound understanding of technical architecture, potential challenges, and aligning the team's work with broader organizational goals.

Qualities we look for

• Track record of successfully leading and scaling a platform (/DevOps/Infrastructure/SRE) team.

• High degree of hands-on technical experience in platform development and architecture, with several years of experience working as a senior engineer

• You would enjoy a 30% share of hands-on technical work (code and architecture reviews, technical design, hands-on work, ...)

• Experience in platform and system design

• Expertise with Kubernetes - Cloud-managed and on-prem, ideally Ceph too

• Experience with several of: AWS, on-prem, Terraform, ACK, ArgoCD, Harbor

• You are a pragmatic problem solver who enjoys both the technical and non-technical challenges associated with the responsibilities of an Engineering Manager

• Excellent communication skills in English with a strong sense of empathy and a solution-oriented mindset

• Ability to identify tactical and strategic priorities and help navigate the team through a long request list to achieve long term objectives.

• Don’t be put off if you meet most but not all of these areas - we’d still love to hear from you!

What we offer

• Diverse and internationally distributed team: joining our team means becoming part of a large, global community with people of more than 90 nationalities. We're more than just colleagues; we're a group of professionals with a shared mission to connect diverse cultures. Our global presence is growing–we've doubled in size nearly every year, with our employees based in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, the US, and Japan, and we continue to expand our network.

• Open communication, regular feedback: as a language-focused company, we value the importance of clear, honest communication. We value smooth collaboration, direct and actionable feedback, and believe that leading with empathy and growth mindset makes us better together.

• Hybrid work, flexible hours: we offer a hybrid work schedule, with team members coming into the office twice a week. This allows you to engage directly with your team and experience the unique energy of our workspace, while still enjoying the flexibility and comfort of working from home. With flexible working hours and trust in your productivity, we are in sync with your team’s general locations and time zones to foster effective and seamless collaboration.

• Virtual Shares - An ownership mindset in every role. We believe everyone should share in our success, and that’s why every employee receives Virtual Shares, linking your contribution directly to DeepL’s growth and rewarding you with a stake in our future.

• Regular in-person team events: we bond over vibrant events that are as unique as our team, from local team and business unit gatherings, to new-joiner onboardings, to company-wide events that bring us all together–literally.

• Monthly full-day hacking sessions: every month, we have Hack Fridays, where you can spend your time diving into a project you're passionate about and get the opportunity to work with other teams–we value your initiatives, impact, and creativity.

• 30 days of annual leave: we value your peace of mind. With 30 days off (excluding public holidays) and access to mental health resources, we make sure you're as strong mentally as you are professionally.

• Virtual Shares: An ownership mindset in every role. We believe everyone should share in our success, and that’s why every employee receives Virtual Shares, linking your contribution directly to DeepL’s growth and rewarding you with a stake in our future.

• Competitive benefits: just as our team spans the globe, so does our benefits package. We've crafted it to reflect the diversity of our team and tailored it to align with your unique location, to ensure you feel supported every step of the way.

If this role and our mission resonate with you, but you're hesitant because you don't check all the boxes, don't let that hold you back. At DeepL, it's all about the value you bring and the growth we can foster together. Go ahead, apply—let's discover your potential together. We can't wait to meet you!

We are an equal opportunity employer

You are welcome at DeepL for who you are—we appreciate authenticity here. Our product is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all succeed, contribute, and think forward! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our diversity that we will find the power to break down language barriers in the world.